Reichsbank
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Reichsbank
Example Sentences
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When American forces captured the mining town of Merkers on April 4, 1945, locals tipped them off that the Reichsbank used the old salt tunnels to shelter sensitive assets from aerial attack.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2018
At the end of the Second World War, the U.S. military investigated a legend that much of the reserve of the Reichsbank, in Berlin, had been hidden in a salt mine in Merkers, Germany.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
Cordula Schacht is a daughter of Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler’s early minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2015
According to the documents, my father was tasked with inventorying all the mines in the vicinity and interrogating Reichsbank officials in the hope of finding more assets.
From Washington Post
It is not felt that the Reichsbank is a competitor of other banks, but it is a public institution.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
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